I am really looking forward to seeing the program about Meryl Streep’s ancestry on PBS later this month. With all of the resources at their disposal, will they reveal more of Meryl’s children’s illustrious ancestral heritage than the Family Forest® National Treasure Edition?
Will their 30-generation ancestor view of Meryl fill in more than 14,304 boxes with the names of people who, according to recorded history, her children would call grandmother or grandfather (preceded by some number of “greats”)?
Will the program take her back to one of her ancestors that Katharine Hepburn portrayed?
Will the program be able to connect her through family ties to one of her idols she did a TCM tribute to, Bette Davis?
Will the program be able to connect her through family ties to ancestors she shares with Julia Child, one of Meryl’s distant cousins she recently portrayed in Julie and Julia?
Will the program be able to show any of her generation-by-generation pathways leading to the Emperor’s Palace in 320 A.D. Rome?
As Jimmy Buffett so sagely says on Banana Wind, only time will tell.
Your Future, Your Past 